Bass Poppers

[Buddy Sanders]

Simple or complex.

You can spend lots of time making balsa baits, turn down foam on a dremel lathe, or just glue a roughly shaped piece of foam/cork/balsa to a hook.

All of them will catch fish.

I do like them pretty, though.

The one on the left is foam, the others are balsa.

Buddy

[ronnie_mckee]

Good looking poppers. Always enjoy seeing all the custom work.

Those are nice poppers Buddy. Good work with the feathers.

[lastchance]

I just finished making some small bass poppers out of balsa wood. I found the paint at wal-mart for less than 2 dollars and it is an acrylic paint that cleans up very well. Let me know what you think.


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What size are the bugs and what was the paint you bought at Walmart. Very nice looking poppers.

[lastchance]

Apologies. These are quick "old phone" pictures. Here's the dremel grinding tip I use and foam ready to be shaped. Note a red/white head in the middle of the group that has been preliminaryily formed. To hold the foam while grinding, I pierce it with an embroidery needle (Boye 7/1.65mm) ground to a point. There is a nice flat area for holding it still and a round shaft for turning when you need to rotate the foam. If the foam slips on the point, you can insert it to the beginning of the flat part and it will absolutely NOT rotate.Attachment 10610Attachment 10608Attachment 10609

Hi Coach. Do you have a photo sequence of a popper being shaped?

[Fly Goddess]

Insane job! those are beautiful. Tight lines.

[CoachBob]

Okay. I'll send a FOTW that'll explain everything whenever it gets posted.

[Fly Goddess]

I love ya'lls wood work. They are beautiful. Best I can muster up is foam poppers